Automation
Scripts for Third-Party Synthesis Tools

Select a Synthesis Tool

You can enable or disable generation of synthesis scripts, and
select the synthesis tool for which the coder generates scripts. To
do so, in the Generate HDL dialog box, select the EDA Tool
Scripts tab. Then select Synthesis script from
the menu on the left side, and select your synthesis tool from the Choose
synthesis tool drop-down menu.

Supported Synthesis Tools

Xilinx ISE

Xilinx Vivado

Microsemi Libero

Mentor Graphics Precision

Altera Quartus II

Synopsis Synplify Pro

When you select a synthesis
tool, the coder:

Enables the fields in the Synthesis
script pane.

Sets Synthesis file postfix to
correspond with the tool you selected.

Fills in the Synthesis initialization, Synthesis
command, and Synthesis termination fields
with default Tcl script code for the tool.

If you select None,
the coder does not generate a synthesis script. The coder clears and
disables the fields in the Synthesis script pane.

You can also select 'Custom', and set the Synthesis
initialization, Synthesis command,
and Synthesis termination Tcl code fields to
generate a script that supports your tool.

Customize Synthesis Script Generation

You can customize the script according to your target device,
constraints, etc., by modifying the Tcl code in the Synthesis
initialization, Synthesis command,
and Synthesis termination fields. To see these
options in the Generate HDL dialog box, select the EDA Tool
Scripts tab, and click Synthesis script from
the menu in the left column.

The coder prints the three sections of the script in the order
shown in the dialog box. The script file is named according to the
name of your module or entity combined with the text in Synthesis
file postfix. The custom character vectors for each section
are passed to fprintf to write each section of
the synthesis script. You can use format character vectors supported
by the fprintf function. In Synthesis
initialization, you can use an implicit argument that is
the name of your top-level module or entity. In Synthesis
command, you can use an implicit argument that is the name
of the file that contains your generated HDL code.

The figure shows the Synthesis script pane,
with the options set to their default values.